The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-12-02

Il guess you won't never turn him into
your mowin' lott sneered Enoch. walking
off.
He knew very well that 'Biah Persons
black bull had to be kept in a barnyard
with q high and strong plank fence, and
half the time chained to post by his nose
ring, for twice 'Bijah had been made to
pay damages for the savage freaks of the
creature.
But Enoch did not know that 'Bijah had
taken couple of young colts for debt, and
expected another year to turn his moving
lot into pasture. So the men each went
home, cross as possible, about few rods
of fence, and Tessy, comforted and smil-
ing, never thought that her precious "real"
dolly could be endangered by anything.
Mrs. Persons and Mrs. Turner were good
friends, as neighbors should be, but they
did not visit each other often. 'Bijah did
not believe in women "going a gaddin, :"
as he said; and with all the work of her
dairy, her house, and her garden to do, she
had little time to go abroad; and it was
just SO with Mrs Turner, for though she
only Mad one COW and dozen hens, she
had Tessy to make and mend for, to watch
and wait on, and rarely even went to the
sewing circle of the church on that account.
But shortly after May set in, Mrs. Turner
found that the money for the doll amount
ed to a dollar and half; surely enough to
buy beautiful baby for her pet; and one
afternoon, when Enoch had taken Tessy
into the lot where he was planting corn,
the mother put on her Sunday gown and
went over to the sewing circle, that met
that afternoon at Mrs. Persons house.
While they were rolling the quilt she
heard Mrs. Persons say: ''Yes, he heered
to-day that his uncle was dead, down to
Hartford; and he calculates to go to the
funeral to-morrer, bein' one of the heirs.
We're agoin' to ride over, and come back
next day"
Here was Mrs. Turner's chance; she slip
ped away from the quilters, ran home as
fast as she could, took the little hoard for
the doll out Of the old blue-stocking foot in
her bureau drawer, and holding it fast in
her hand, went back to her neighbours.
'sSay, Mis- Persons" she whispered,
breathlessly, as she went in by the kitchen
door where she knew Mrs. Persons had to
be at that hour to strain the new milk-a
duty not to be put off even for sewing
circle
81 heered you say You was agoin' to
Hartford tomorrow; would you do err
rand for me -
"Certin! certin.' answered the good
woman.
"Well, I've saved an saved all the cents
I've got for the eggs I sold this two year
mean the eggs Tessy S white hen has laid,
an want, ever SO, to buy her real doll
baby with it, Here's dollar and fifty
cents. 1 guess twill buy good one; and
if you'd take it on we to buy it I should be
proper glad"
"Well l guess 1 will, and be real
pleased so to do. What kind do you
want ?''
ooh, dono; I'll trust your Judgment;
somethin' kind of pretty and smIin like,
so It Tessy'll take to t.
So Mrs. Persons put the money into her
bead purse, and when Mrs. Turner m
dressed Tessy she could not help telling
her that the real dolly would come to-mor-
row night.
How Tessy laughed and jumped about
and dimpled with joy. She could hardly
go to sleep though her mother sang all the
hymns she knew, even to funeral 'China, :"
to soothe her excitement.
Next day after the funeral was over
and 'Bilah Persons had learned, to his
great disgust, that his Uncle Eben had left
all his money to his third wife, of whose
existence 'Bijah was Ignorant till that day,
since she had only married old 'Bijah Reed
two months before. Mrs. Persons asked
him if she had time to go down Main
Street to Mr. Hosmer's store to do an err
rand.
ING Ht uS
boss has got to hev his feed ana breathin
spell; an I've got to go to the South
bridge an trade with Shepard for them
sheep-skins.
Mrs. Persons hoped her husband would
Ter her do her errand while he went on to
do his; but she hoped in vain, he was net
tho ,,a, to Lat his " fe snand n cent with
out his knowledge and approvall Great
was his disgust when she asked for dolls,
and the gentle prim little woman behind
the counter took from the case a dozen
smiling, stiff-boded puppets and laid them
out for inspection.
"What in tarnation be you pricin'
them things for?" growled 'Bijah. HIS
wife shook in her shoes.
''Oh, I'm dom an errand for Mis- Tur-
ner. She wants dolly for her girl"
'Bijah shut his mouth in ominous 81
lence.
SLOW much is that once" TREMENDOUSLY
asked Mrs. Persons, pointing to a long
d-bodied doll, with blue eyes, painted,
black hair prim mouth, and the sweet
est smirk!
That's nine shillin',' said Miss Burr.
''I'll take that one. Its just what she
give me to spend for t..
Mrs. Persons cmptied the money out OF
her purse into her hand, and stretched it
l.